Programs

A one-week, non-credit residential summer institute at Wake Forest University for high school students. Explore neuroscience in a pre-college summer program.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $3,500 USD

Missouri SkillsUSA's 2027 state conference where high school members compete in career and technical skills contests (trade, technical, health and leadership) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the SkillsUSA national conference.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

The Missouri state championship of Science Olympiad for high school (Division C) teams, held April 3, 2027 at the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg; top teams can advance to the national tournament.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The American Legion's week-long Illinois citizenship and leadership program for high school juniors: young men run a mock state government — elections, parties and legislation — June 12, 2027 – June 18, 2027 at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston. Ten scholarships (nearly $20,000) are awarded.

• Grade 11
• Cost not published

The 2027 San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, one of Colorado's regional science fairs whose top projects advance to the Colorado Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF).

• Up to grade 12
• Cost not published

A paid summer career program in Central Florida (Orlando area) for high-school students ages 14–19, with three tracks from career exploration to paid internships.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A free nine-week summer internship where rising high-school seniors are matched to a University of Utah engineering lab, work on a PI-assigned project and present at a symposium.

• Grade 11
• No fee

Hawaii's state final of Poetry Out Loud, the national poetry recitation contest for high-school students run by the state arts agency with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

Rhode Island DECA's 2027 state conference where high school members compete in business and marketing competitive events (marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the DECA national conference.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Tennessee TSA (Technology Student Association)'s 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Study economics, strategy and business analytics in Cornell’s non-residential high-school course.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Colorado TSA's 2027 state event where high-school members compete in STEM competitive events (engineering design, coding, CAD, robotics, video production, debate and more) and attend leadership sessions; top finishers can qualify for the national TSA event.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published